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  Thailand extends ban on international flights until June end

  World | May 17, 2020 10:43 IST

  Thailand has extended a ban on international passenger flights again for another month until June 30 in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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  Pakistan extends suspension of domestic flights till Sunday

  World | May 09, 2020 9:52 IST

  Pakistan has extended the suspension of domestic flights till Sunday (May 10), as the government is nearing towards easing the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the media reported. 

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  Commercial passenger flights to remain suspended till May 17 midnight: DGCA

  India | May 02, 2020 17:56 IST

  A day after the Modi government announced an extension of the coronavirus-induced lockdown till May 17, the DGCA on Saturday said all commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till midnight of May 17. 

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  AirAsia India likely to restart operations with 24 aircraft post coronavirus lockdown

  India | April 22, 2020 18:55 IST

  All domestic and international commercial passenger flight operations have been suspended during the lockdown, which was initially imposed from March 25 to April 14 and thereafter extended till May 3.

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  DGCA directs airlines to stop taking flight bookings

  India | April 19, 2020 20:29 IST

  Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday directed all airlines to stop taking flight bookings after the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued a circular for all airlines asking them to refrain from booking tickets.

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  Air India doubles flights on Tel Aviv-New Delhi route to tackle increase in passenger rush

  January 26, 2020 15:30 IST

  The national carrier created history by becoming the first commercial flight to fly to Israel over Saudi Arabia and Oman in March 2018, seen by many as a diplomatic breakthrough and often presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a major achievement of his government signalling improving ties with Gulf countries.

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  Cuba slams extension of US ban on flights

  World | January 11, 2020 10:20 IST

  Cuba has condemned the US government's decision to ban charter flights from America to all Cuban destinations except Havana.

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  Loud noise diverts Las Vegas-Paris flight

  World | January 10, 2020 10:10 IST

  A Paris-bound flight from Las Vegas was diverted to Boston because of a "loud noise", it was reported on Friday.

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  Air hostess suffers 7 leg fractures as plane hits massive hailstorm, climbs 500 feet

  India | January 07, 2020 21:56 IST

  An air hostess suffered seven leg fractures as the plane she was deployed on hit a massive hailstorm, a media report stated on Tuesday. Sharing her excruciating experience, the air hostess explained how the plane climbed 500 feet to avoid the turbulence.  

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  GoAir Singapore-Delhi flight returns shortly after take off, departs a day later

  India | December 10, 2019 22:23 IST

  A GoAir plane that was grounded in Singapore due to a "technical issue" on Monday took off on Tuesday. The budget carrier was operating an A320 neo plane, as per flight tracking websites.

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  3 suffer heart attack on Pakistan International Airlines flight

  World | December 03, 2019 8:03 IST

  The PIA's PK-742 flight, which had around 225 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at Karachi Airport on Sunday after three passengers complained of severe chest pain, Pakistan Today said in a report.

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  How birds influence each other in coordinated flight decoded

  Science | November 20, 2019 11:53 IST

  The researchers said they did not consider pigeon social patterns for their estimation since earlier research had shown that hierarchies between the birds were independent of the dominance they exhibited during flight. Chen and his team suggested that their method could be used to study other coordinated behaviours, and plan to examine the collective functioning of cells in the immune system.

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  India takes up Pakistan's denial of airspace use to PM's aircraft

  India | October 28, 2019 18:07 IST

  India has taken up the issue of Pakistan's denial of overflight clearance with the relevant international civil aviation body after Pak government refused the use of airspace for PM Modi's flight to Saudi Arabia.

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  Air Asia launches Agartala-Kolkata flight service

  Business | October 20, 2019 19:34 IST

  Low-cost carrier Air Asia on Sunday launched flight services to Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati and Imphal. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb flagged off the first Air Asia flight to Kolkata from the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport.

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  Air India becomes 1st airline to use 'TaxiBot' on commercial flight

  India | October 15, 2019 16:08 IST

  National passenger carrier Air India on Tuesday became the first airline in the world to use "TaxiBot" on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a commercial flight.  

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  AirAsia India to connect Goa, Chennai with Mumbai from Oct 27

  October 10, 2019 20:37 IST

  Low-cost carrier AirAsia India announced on Thursday launching of its flight services to Goa and Chennai from Mumbai, starting October 27 besides scaling up of operations on the trunk Delhi-Mumbai route.

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  Air India to introduce Mumbai-Amritsar-Stansted flight from Oct 31

  India | October 10, 2019 16:00 IST

  National carrier Air India will launch thrice-weekly flights on the Mumbai-Amritsar-Stansted (United Kingdom) route from October 31 to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, a senior official said on Thursday.

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  Nok Air launches Guwahati-Bangkok flight service

  India | September 22, 2019 17:29 IST

  The introduction of the flight is not just an extension of airline route but more importantly a futuristic gesture, which will go a long way in strengthening bilateral relations between Assam and Thailand, Sonowal said at the flagging off ceremony at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here.

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  Flight diverted to Bengaluru due to wind, rain

  India | September 03, 2019 21:41 IST

  ​A domestic passenger aircraft, scheduled to land here on Tuesday evening, was diverted to Bengaluru due to strong wind and rains, airport sources said.  

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  IndiGo to launch direct Kolkata-Silchar flight on Sept 20

  Business | August 07, 2019 19:07 IST

  According to a company statement on Wednesday, Silchar will be IndiGo's 57th domestic and 76th overall destination. Silchar is the eighth location connected by the airline in the northeast.